Aggrieved
/əˈɡriːvd/noun
Feeling distressed, wronged, or offended; or having caused someone to feel that way.
Did you know?Aggrieved comes through Anglo-French and Old French from Latin gravis, meaning “heavy,” the same ancient root behind gravity, so being aggrieved was once literally about being weighed down.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʷerə-
“to be heavy; weighty”
Latin
Latin
gravis
“heavy, weighty; serious”
Late Latin
Latin
aggraviare
“to burden, make heavier”
Old French
Old French
agrever
“to burden, oppress; to make worse”
Middle English
English
aggreven
“to burden, oppress; to afflict”
Modern English
English
aggrieved
“feeling or expressing resentment because of unfair treatment”